Iman Shumpert Quotes

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

I enjoy the pain my body goes through. If you're in a hard moment in a fight, there's a lot of things go through your mind. But the most important thing to me is family.

My mother says that I have abnormal capacity to tolerate pain. It's the first step to win over adversaries.

In camp, you're supposed to get comfortable at being uncomfortable; you have to be ready for when you are being punched in the mouth.

I can play with pain. It doesn't bother me.

I may not be the biggest guy in the world or strongest guy in the world. I don't have those gifts. But I will take more punishment, and I'm willing to withstand more abuse.

The pain barrier was not a barrier for her; she could go beyond it.

Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

My father, Philip Fisher, was the toughest guy I ever knew. An example: He had terrible teeth, yet he got his fillings done without ever using a painkiller. Now, that's tough!

The young must be prepared to experience innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.

It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

In wrestling, there is no retreat. No way to slow things down. In wrestling, you advance and advance, and being tired is just a lie to make the other guy think he can relax. It's so hard - harder than anything I've ever done.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

Being born and raised in Chicago made me tough. It made me strong. I feel like I can deal with anything. I truly believe that in my heart.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental.